Gate



F. READING, JR.

GATE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11, 1921. RENEWED FEB, 7. I922.

1,409,468. Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

" 'ATTORHEY Gates, of whichthe following is ZI SPQC lfiCaf hurrah staresearns-r series-.1

FREDERICK-READING, anger Par-Neuron; on'ranro, CANADA.

- GATE;

T0 allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK' READING Jr., a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, re siding at Princeton, in the county of Ore ford and Province of Ontario, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in tion.

This invention relates to improvements in gates and one which is designed to overcome the undesirable feature which is common to practically all gates, that of sagging at the free end. r i

' The object of my invention is'to provide a shield for the outer end of a gate and a means of supporting a wheel in combination with this shield With these and other objects in view,.the invention consists inv the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

dig. 1 is a perspective view of my invent1OIl. g H j v Fig. 2 isa perspective view of the shield; Fig. ,3 isa side elevation ofthe wheel.

1 Fig. 4 is a fragmental side view ofthe gate 7 ith fi wheel in position.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view supporting means.

Referring to the drawings like numerals of the wheel designate like partsin the various drawings.

The numeral 6 indicates side. posts of a gate opening, thegate 7 being hingedly connected to one ofthese';

' tiona-ble feature of gates of this type is extend outwardly therefrom, as illustrated in Fig. 5. ThisU-shaped member is posithat on accountof their length they may begin to fsag'or pull the post to. which they are hingedly connected, to a bent position. t is then very hard to open or shut the gate as the outer free end 'generally drags on the ground.

The upright at the outer free end of the gate is provided with ashield'8,-wh1ch-sh1eld is "suitably attached .to the gate by a bolt 9.

1O a U-shaped member having its ends provided with annular openings 11' The opposite end of member 10. is provided gith enoppositel extending lugs 12 and 13. trally of this end an axle 14 is positioned to shield. V v r r 1 By having the-lugs 12 and13, the Wheel Y hereinafter mentioned willbe held perp'en The common objec- Specification of Letters Patent. P t t d M 14 1922 T Application filed March 11, 192 1, Seria1 No. 451,623. Renewed lfiebruar y 7 1922. SerialNd. 534,815. I

over, the-shield as indicated in Figs. 1- a'nd55 I H 4. Bolt 15 'eXtends'through the openings 11, the shield 8, and the lower outer: corner of the-gate to hold the member 10 in ti ght I ened position against the outer face of the dicu'lar to the outer side of the shield member of the gate. 1 a I Y A wheel16 is positioned on an axle- 14 and heldthereonby a nut 17 or by meansof a pin which may be extended through an open- '7 'ing 18, as will be seen in the drawings. The

Wheel 16 is'carriedby the fre'eend of the I gate and at right angles thereto-in such free end of-the gate.

7o manner that it'will at all times support said From theforegoingit is thought thatthe construction of my invention will beclearly understood, and, therefore, a more extended explanation has been omittedi What I claimas new is:

n 1. In combination with agate, a shieldf ntted overthe lower end of'the outer upright of said gate', means forholding said shield to said upright, a U-shaped member,

annular openings in the; ends of said U, shaped. member, oppositely extending lugs r from the oppositeend of said U-shaped' s5- men1ber, an axle extending outwardly and centrally fromthe last Sf-Md end, a wheel with means of retalmng .saidwheel thereon and means for holding said U-shaped mem-' her tightly against the outer 'facejoffsaid f .i

2. Incombination with agate, of a shield shield;

fitted over the lower endofthe front mem-- ber of said gate, an axle, a bifurcated end on said axle, openings insaid bifurcated:

end; a bolt torhold said bifurcated end wheel mounted on'said axle and means for i I holding the axle 1n perpend cular relation:

tothe free end of the gate.

I S. SMOKE,'

OLIVER KENNEDY.

95 I tightlyto the outer face of said shield, 'a 

